Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . s possible, and tomake of herself a professional teacher. ALFRED C. JOHNSON, manu-facturer of brick and tile, Martin,Ottawa county, and superintend-ent of and stockholder in theToledo White Lime Company, was bornFebruary 7, 1850, in ttie Kingdom ofSweden, son of Charles Johnson, whofollowed the occupation of fishing in thatcountry. When our subject was but a year anda half old his father died, and when Al-fred had reached the age of si.\ years themother came with her family to America,locating in Sandusky, Ohio. H
Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . s possible, and tomake of herself a professional teacher. ALFRED C. JOHNSON, manu-facturer of brick and tile, Martin,Ottawa county, and superintend-ent of and stockholder in theToledo White Lime Company, was bornFebruary 7, 1850, in ttie Kingdom ofSweden, son of Charles Johnson, whofollowed the occupation of fishing in thatcountry. When our subject was but a year anda half old his father died, and when Al-fred had reached the age of si.\ years themother came with her family to America,locating in Sandusky, Ohio. His edu-cational privileges were very meager, andhe early began to earn his livelihood inconnection with the fishing business. Hethen began sailing on the lakes, followingthat life until twenty-four years of age,when, thinking he might bend his ener-gies to a more profitable business, hecame to Martin, Ohio, and entered intopartnership with his father-in-law, A. , in the stave manufacturingindustr\, with which he was connecteduntil 1886, at the same time also engag-.
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